[Tunisia] No gay rights revolution in Tunisia
Homosexuals in Tunisia celebrated the ouster of dictator Ben Ali, hoping it would improve their situation. But in nearly two years, little has changed for the country's gay and lesbian community.

[Pakistan] Transgender Pakistanis face society's scorn
Dressed up in elaborate, feminine outfits and artfully applied makeup, they are showered with money while dancing at all-male wedding parties. But the lives of transgender people in Pakistan are also marked by harassment, rejection and poverty.

[Australia] Sam And Evan: From Girls To Men
Seventeen-year-old Sam and 20-year-old Evan describe themselves as a gay male couple but underneath their clothes they have female bodies. What makes this story so exceptional is that they are both in the process of changing their genders from female to male, at the same time.

[New Zealand] Trans marriage issues would be cleared up
The author of New Zealand’s marriage equality bill has made it clear a section of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act will be repealed to ensure “the sex, sexual orientation or gender identity of parties to a marriage is irrelevant to the legitimacy of the marriage”.

[CA, USA] Continuing the Fight for Transgender Rights
This year has witnessed transgender pioneers set impressive precedent in the ongoing struggle against the multiple levels of discrimination faced by the community. In June activist and attorney Kylar Broadus became the first transgender witness to testify before the Senate, relaying his experience of discrimination in defense of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). A few months earlier the Transgender Law Center led a landmark case that resulted in an EEOC ruling that extended employment protection rights to transgender individuals throughout the country.

[CO, USA] Transgender Coloradans Face Daunting Obstacles
According to the Colorado findings of the National Transgender Discrimination Study, transgender Coloradans still face serious obstacles in the form of discrimination that affects nearly every aspect of their lives, from workplace discrimination to unemployment to homelessness to health care inequalities.

[GA, USA] Queer B.O.I.S. founders share stories, style and more
One year ago, Latania McKenzie sat down at her computer and with a few clicks started putting into action a dream she’d had for years — a blog that caters to masculine-identified women as well as to transgender men.

[TN, USA] SGA considers gender neutral housing
On Tuesday afternoon as election coverage began permeating the airwaves, Jacob Clark, an elected official in his own right, presented a bill to SGA's Student Senate that could lead to a change within the UT housing culture.

[Bolivia]Filmmaker highlights Bolivia's transsexual movement
Four years after Bolivia instituted its new constitution that included protections for gender identity and sexual orientation, the South American country remains challenged eradicating discrimination, particularly for transsexual women, as a local transgender filmmaker discovered.